Introduction to Special Section 'Location, Agency and Change in Provincial Russia'
Introduction to Special Section 'Location, Agency and Change in Provincial Russia'
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“俄罗斯省的位置、机构和变化”专题简介
DOI：
10.1080/09668136.2012.717366
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发表时间：
2012
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1.4
通讯作者：
Stella F
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Stella F
这个特别的部分是在英国进行俄罗斯研究的学者和俄罗斯联邦乌尔扬诺夫斯克地区研究中心的同事之间长期合作的产物。本节的重点是从贡献者的个人研究结果和贡献者之间的讨论中产生的一个关键问题;即，地理位置如何创造不同的机会结构，并影响后社会主义俄罗斯谈判或抵制社会变革的能力？这个问题在后社会主义地区研究中引起了很大的争论，大量现有研究致力于探索中欧和东欧前社会主义国家内部和之间的经验多样性（Hann 2002; Verdery 2002; Twigg & Schecter 2003; Round 2008，Stenning & Horschelman 2008），以及一个国家内城镇和城市之间的对比体验（2006年），并显示了全球变化与局部空间的相互作用（Flynn et al. 2008）。该文献指出，该地区的研究学者对研究方法，产生内部和跨地点的后社会主义转型的特殊性更细致入微的理解，并寻求避免刻板印象的危险中欧和东欧作为“其他”（Stenning & Horschelmann 2008）。虽然我们在这一特殊部分的方法与现有的研究（汉恩2002年;曼德尔和汉弗里2002年;弗林等。2008年;库尔蒂和斯卡尼克2009年）共鸣，这个集合的原始方面在于提出一个集中的探索的多个方面，并在一个地理空间，即乌里扬诺夫斯克州的不同群体之间的社会变化的反应。事实上，本节中包含的文章是由一个共同的研究地点，乌里扬诺夫斯克市和周围的州联系在一起的，这些贡献是基于在该地区进行的研究项目的结果。因此，这一特别部分也有助于对俄罗斯地区，其中探讨了一系列问题，如区域政府，不断变化的城市景观，经济发展和社会变革的文献越来越多（Ruble et al. 2001; Herd & Aldis 2003; Axenov et al. 2006; Hahn 2001; Ioffe & Nefedova 1997，2000; Gdaniec 2010;白色2004）。虽然其中一些研究侧重于单个地区或地理位置（Axenov et al. 2006; Hahn 2001; Ioffe & Nefedova 1997，2000），但其他研究通过案例研究概述了总体趋势（Ruble et al. 2001; Herd & Aldis 2003; Gdaniec 2010;白色2004），从而突出了
THIS SPECIAL SECTION IS THE PRODUCT OF A long-standing relationship between UK-based academics conducting research on Russia and colleagues based at the REGION research Centre in Ul’yanovsk, Russian Federation. The focus of the section is on a key question arising from the contributors’ individual research findings and in discussions between the contributors; namely, how does geographical location create different opportunity structures and impact on the ability to negotiate or resist social change in post-socialist Russia? This question has been much debated within postsocialist area studies, with a large body of existing research devoted to exploring the diversity of experience both within and between the former socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe (Hann 2002; Verdery 2002; Twigg & Schecter 2003; Round 2008, Stenning & Horschelman 2008), as well as contrasting experiences between towns and cities within a country (Round 2006) and showing the interaction of global changes with local spaces (Flynn et al. 2008). This literature points area studies scholars towards approaches to research that generate more nuanced understandings of the specificities of post-socialist transformations within and across locations, and also seek to avoid the danger of stereotyping Central and Eastern Europe as the ‘other’(Stenning & Horschelmann 2008). While our approach in this special section resonates with existing studies (Hann 2002; Mandel & Humphery 2002; Flynn et al. 2008; Kurti & Skalnik 2009), the original aspect of this collection lies in presenting a focused exploration of the multiple facets of and responses to social changes among different groups within the one geographical space, namely the Ul’yanovsk Oblast’. Indeed, the essays included in this section are linked by a shared research location, the city of Ul’yanovsk and the surrounding Oblast’, and the contributions are based on findings from research projects conducted in the area. Thus, this special section also contributes to a growing body of literature on the Russian regions, which has explored a range of issues such as regional government, the changing urban landscape, economic development and social change (Ruble et al. 2001; Herd & Aldis 2003; Axenov et al. 2006; Hahn 2001; Ioffe & Nefedova 1997, 2000; Gdaniec 2010; White 2004). While some of this work focuses on a single region or geographic location (Axenov et al. 2006; Hahn 2001; Ioffe & Nefedova 1997, 2000), other studies outline general trends by presenting case studies (Ruble et al. 2001; Herd & Aldis 2003; Gdaniec 2010; White 2004), thus highlighting